Summer Road Trip #1: Car Snacks

Happy Monday everyone! I'm so excited to be blogging from my hometown in Washington following a 13 hour drive Saturday with our Dirty Half Dozen.

And thanks to a little planning, the trip was actually ... awesome. The kids did great, we made good time and even managed to save enough money on travel snacks to be able to afford gas for the trip home--ha!

So this week I'll be sharing some THRIVE friendly tips for surviving those summer road trips without breaking the bank or loosing your mind. And as always, you should be able to pull together these easy snack ideas without a run to the store

Today's feature: 3 easy snacks for the road or camp ground.

1) Empty peanut butter jar + celery sicks

Finally a way to have p.b. and celery without the mess. Fill an empty jar with an inch or two of peanut butter and then fill with celery sticks. Kids get a yummy snack without sticky fingers and the car stays free of kid schmeer.

2) Empty sour cream container + empty baby food jar

A quick way to pull off carrots and dressing without the dragging the jar along or buying those expensive to-go dressing singles.

3) Empty 32 oz. yogurt container + single serving yoplait

Easy peasy fruit slices and dip. So yummy straight from the cooler at a camp site or rest stop.

Delish.

So there you go--easy straight-from-the-recycling-bin solutions for eating well on the road.

87 comments:

Oh my! This could work even if you were just at home. What a great way to have snacks ready all the time. Since I found your blog I have been saving all the jars and cans I get because I never want to miss a chance to THRIVE! Thank you.

Great idea for putting together to-go snacks. I was driving home from errands just today and thinking I need to get on top of that (as my 4-year-old was reminding me every five seconds "My tummy is telling me it is hungry, mom"). Have fun here in Washington! The weather is beautiful this week!

What a great idea! What I love the most about your site is you always get my wheels turning...and I find myself rocking what I got. I'm thinking that the tubs from deli meat can become individual lunch pails, filled with what I know each kid will eat. I'll be using this next month on our 6 hour road trip/move.

Thought of you the other day...I have recently started using essential oils on a regular basis for home health care and needed something to carry them in. Inspiration struck when I was testing my blood sugar, and I retrofitted a glucose meter case with elastic. Now 14 of my oils are with me wherever I go, and it cost nothing (instead of $16.95, the going rate for one of those things). But seriously, you inspire me to think this way!

Smart, functional, and fun! Well done. I will definitely use these ideas for a family outing OR even for me running around on a busy day trying to avoid junk food! I would love for you to link this post up at my Savvy HomeMade blog party at

I am so excited you shared these ideas! We go to the beach all of the time and this will for sure be something we do. Please stop by www.laughloveandcraft.com and link up to my Share the Wealth Wednesday Link Party! I'm your newest follower!

What a brilliant traveling snack idea! I love the peanutbutter and celery! I mentioned them in the outdoors forum, around the campfire and would love for you to join in the conversation with any other ideas you might have!

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I have reusable silicone muffin cups that I use in sandwich boxes to make a "lunchable". Roll up cold cuts, (or pack pepperoni sticks) and then tuck two muffin cups in opposide corners of the sandwich box and put cheese cubes in one, and round crackers in the other. once the lid goes on everything stays in place (that wouldn't work for runny things like dips, though--I like your ideas for that!)

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Am I the only one wondering how in the world you got that peanut butter into the bottom of that jar, especially without getting it all over the sides?? Great ideas though, I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of your blog.

Am I the only one wondering how in the world you got that peanut butter into the bottom of that jar, especially without getting it all over the sides?? Great ideas though, I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of your blog.

How incredibly clever!!! I would have never thought of this and it's so simple to do! It's the best way to stay and eat healthy when you want to snack on something. Thanks so much for sharing. I hope you have a wonderful day. :)

Love it! Not only great for the pocketbook, fabulous for the body, mind & soul! With these delicious and nutritious snacks you don't have to be tempted by the fast food joints you encounter on your travels!

Hi Nike...just came here via your snacks pinned on Pinterest. Love your clever recycle of containers used. Can I offer a suggestion? Instead of store bought cleaned carrots like the ones in the photo...I would recommend buying regular carrots and cleaning and cutting them into sticks. I found out that the pre-cleaned "baby carrots" are not baby carrots at all but are broken carrots ground down to size and dipped in chlorine to preserve during shipping. That's why they are covered in a white film when you buy them. Chlorine is cause for concern when it comes to cancer and we stopped buying these as soon as we hear how they were processed. Hope this helps.

We traveled to Utah last month and took the time the thaw out our fridge so everything cold came with us, including a whole carton of eggs....well, I hard-boiled them. Those, deli salami and the baybel cheese rounds were the perfect snack when we weren't ready to stop yet for something more filling. I could definitely go for peanut butter & celery, though :)

Excellent ! We are going to be doing a of of long distance traveling this year, and we need more of these ideas! Any suggestions appreciated! We prefer to stop at a "rest stop" and have a quick, or leisurely picnic lunch, instead of fast food. Yuk!

I'm Nike -- that's "Neeka" -- a SAHM of six kids, age ten and under determined to THRIVE in spite of a layoff, bad economy and our household budget being slashed by half. I refuse to accept that creativity must be a casualty of financial hardship.

I created THRIVE to share my Rock-What-Ya-Gotapproach to living and crafting without spending a dime. No money. No shopping. No problem.

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